Scouts Honor Veterans at Seaside Memorial Park

Michael Speed, 11, a member of Boy Scout troop 157, brushes off a grave marker and fixes up the flowers Friday as he helps place U.S. flags on veterans’ graves at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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Janine Cox (left) and her son Logan Cox, 7 (top), help Addison Cox, 2, place a flag onto a veteran’s grave Friday at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi. Logan, a member of Cub Scout troop 237, was among the many Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other volunteers who canvassed the cemetery, placing about 2500 U.S. flags on graves for Memorial Day.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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Michael Rock, 14, pushes down the end of a flag into the dirt Friday next to a veteran’s grave marker at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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Jose Duke, a members of Boy Scout troop 162, places a flag a row of veterans’ grave markers Friday at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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Jacob Rivera, 11 (left), tries to stick a flag along side a veteran’s grave marker Friday at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi. About 25 members of his Boy Scout troop 157 helped scouts from across the area place flags in the cemetery before Memorial Day.$RETURN$$RETURN$

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Bryan Rivera, 8, does his best to stick a flag into the ground Friday at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi.$RETURN$$RETURN$